Derek Winnert

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The Fall of Sparta [La Chute de Sparte] *** (2018, Lévi Doré, Jonathan St-Armand) – Classic Movie Review 12,679

The super-likeable Canadian drama film 2018 The Fall of Sparta is stylishly filmed and engagingly acted by Lévi Doré as nerdy, wimpy 16-year-old Steeve Simard struggling to negotiate his final year at high school in […]

Oct, 18

The Lords of Flatbush **** (1974, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King) – Classic Movie Review 10,726

Writers-directors Stephen F Verona and Martin Davidson’s 1974  comedy drama The Lords of Flatbush stars Perry King, Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone, as ‘Chico’ Tyrell, Butchey Weinstein and Stanley Rosiello. Young, gifted and unknown Stallone, […]

Dec, 30

Tape *** (2001, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman) – Classic Movie Review 10,711

‘Some things can’t be erased’. Richard Linklater’s 2001 drama Tape is a digital-video film version of Stephen Belber’s stage play, with the screenplay also by Stephen Belber, in a single location and single set production. […]

Dec, 27

The Brady Bunch Movie *** (1995, Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor, Michael McKean, Jean Smart) – Classic Movie Review 10,338

Director Betty Thomas’s light-hearted 1995 nostalgia comedy The Brady Bunch Movie brings a lot of laughs and simple fun at the expense of the Seventies and the original 1969–1974 television show The Brady Bunch in […]

Sep, 22

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School *** (1979, P J Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard) – Classic Movie Review 9358

It’s pretty, teenage delinquent, Ramones fan Riff Randell (P J Soles) versus the strict, non-musical, rock ‘n’ roll-hating new Vince Lombardi high school principal Miss Togar (Mary Woronov), in director Allan Arkush’s Roger Corman-produced 1979 […]

Feb, 08

Lord Love a Duck *** (1966, Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West, Ruth Gordon, Harvey Korman) – Classic Movie Review 9030

Director George Axelrod’s 1966 romantic comedy drama Lord Love a Duck stars Roddy McDowall, then 38 in real life, who plays the ever-youthful, brilliant high school senior Alan Musgrave making innocent co-student Barbara Ann Greene […]

Oct, 30

Booksmart * (2019, Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Skyler Gisondo) – Movie Review

The 2019 film Booksmart motors on fast-talking, fast-moving smart and sassy energy. Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein play besties Amy and Molly to the full-on max. If this is the American booksmart Class of ’19, […]

May, 24

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